Molly Levy

is a dance artist from Berkeley, CA currently based in Seattle, WA. She received her training from Berkeley City Ballet and Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts. Molly continued her education in New York City at Alvin Ailey/Fordham University, pursuing dance and a graduate track in childhood education. She graduated Summa Cum Laude with a BFA in Dance May 2016. While in school Molly performed in works by Alvin Ailey, Robert Moses, Pascal Rioult, Gregory Dawson, Banning Bouldin, and Yoshito Sakuraba. Molly has also performed with Joanna Mendl-Shaw and the New York based Equus Projects and assisted in setting Jae Man Joo’s work “Into The Light” on Peridance Contemporary Dance Company.

Since returning to the west coast, Molly has worked with contemporary dance artists and companies around the Pacific Northwest including LED (Boise, ID) - a company combining live original music, movement, film, and visual design, Kate Wallich’s YC2 (Seattle, WA), Katie Scherman + Artists (Portland, OR), House of Verlaine (Seattle, WA), and Daniel Costa Dance (Seattle, WA). Her work has also brought her beyond dance and into live theater, working with Dacha Theater as a performer and movement director, burlesque - performing with Verlaine & McCann Present, and her own visual art.

I am fascinated by how our physical being – perhaps the most relatable medium – can be contorted and explored through both character and form without losing its intrinsic humanity. For me, dance is a world that is very real and also full of imagination, an embodiment of fantasy, a balancing act of pushing boundaries and aesthetics while creating approachable work.

Upcoming

AIDA | Seattle Opera

"Verdi's epic tale of star-crossed lovers." Director Francesca Zambello's "spectacular" (Opera Warhorses) new-to-Seattle production features choreography by contemporary dance leader Jessica Lang, as well as designs by "art world superstar" (San Francisco Chronicle) RETNA, who cites the structure of Egyptian hieroglyphs as the basis for his striking visuals.

May 5, 6, 9, 11, 12, 13, 16, 18, & 19, 2018

Seattle International Dance Festival | James Ray Grant Winners

Daniel Costa Dance + Julie Tobiason

Part of the full lineup of Seattle International Dance Festival. Performing with two James Ray Residency and Grant awardees in one night! Daniel Costa Dance and Julie Tobiason will share a bill presenting work created over the past year.